National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP)
Overview of Research Work
in Progress and Second Call
for Proposals
Nur A. Khondaker
Research Grant Administrator
NFPCSP - FAO
BIAM Foundation, Eskaton, Dhaka
July 7, 2008
RESEARCH GRANT PANEL (RGP)
APPROVED 22 RESEARCH
PROPOSALS ON SEPTEMEBR 11,
2007 IN THE SECOND RGP
MEETING
14-CF –On-Going
No
Institution
Research Title
1
Centre for Agriresearch and
Sustainable Environment and
Entrepreneurship Development
Centre for Agriresearch and
Sustainable Environment and
Entrepreneurship Development
Department
of
Public
Administration, Jahangirnagar
University
Agriculture Research Station,
Pabna
Department of farm power and
machinery, BAU
Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, DU
Community participation, local power structure and effective safetynet
management in the vulnerable charlands of Bangladesh.
Department
of
Agricultural
Statistics,
Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University
Department
of
Fisheries
Management, BAU
Spectre problems of food distribution systems and impact on household
food security status in two southern islands in Bangladesh.
Economic Research Group
Food security for the poor: exploring policy options under alternative price
regimes.
10
Department of Crop Botany,
BAU
Global warning and sea level rising: impact on Bangladesh agriculture and
food security
11
Planning
and
Division, BARI
Input marketing and management system in relation to food security in
coastal region of Bangladesh
12
Department of Zoology,
Jahangirnagar University
Effects of environmental degradation on food security in the St. Martin's
island of Bangladesh
13
Department of Botany, JU
Homestead plant biodiversity in the southwestern coastal zone
Bangladesh: way forward to identification, utilization and conservation.
14
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
Effects of using chemicals and hormones for cultivation and marketing of
vegetables and banana
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Evaluation
Study the impact of intensive cropping on the long term degradation of
natural resources in some selected agroecological regions of Bangladesh
Transparency and accountability for ensuring food security in Bangladesh:
a study on field institutions.
Problems and possibilities of production and consumption of safe foods
Integrated management of coastal zone for food security
Screening for nutritionally rich and low glycemic index Bangladeshi rice
varieties
Development of tilapia marketing systems in Bangladesh: potential for food
supply.
of
8-PR –On-Going
No
Institution
Research Title
1
Policy Resource Programme of
Bangladesh
Institute
of
Development Studies
Re-emergence
of
food
insecurity
in
Bangladesh? Instability in food production and
prices, nature of food markets, impact and
policy.
2
Department of Agroforestry
and Environment, BSMRAU
Impacts of anthropogenic activities on natural
resources and food security in the coastal
region of Bangladesh
3
Bangladesh
Institute
Development Studies
of
Impact
of
paid
employment
and
self
employment on income and prospects of food
security
4
Bureau
of
Socioeconomic
Research and Training, BAU
Changing land use patterns and their impact
on food security for farm households in
Bangladesh
5
Center for Agriresearch and
Sustainable Environment and
Entrepreneurship
To study the implementation status and
effectiveness of the new agricultural extension
policy for technology adoption.
6
Bangladesh Rice Foundation
Price stabilization, market integration and
consumer welfare in Bangladesh
7
Consumers
Bangladesh
of
Institutionalization of healthy street food
system in Bangladesh: a pilot study with three
wards of Dhaka City Corporation as a model
8
Department of Agricultural
Extension Education, BAU
Capacity strengthening of rural women in
carrying out post harvest activities of
vegetables and fruits towards food security
Association
On-Going Research : Areas
Research Areas
Area I
(Availability)
Area II
( Physical & Social Access)
Area III
(Economic Access)
Area IV
(Utilization of Food &
Nutrition)
Area V
(Cross Cutting
Issues)
Total
No. of proposals
awarded
% of
Total
CF
PR
Total
2
2
4
18
2
0
2
9
2
3
5
23
2
1
3
14
6
2
8
36
14
8
22
100
Category of Institutions
Category of
Institutions
No. of proposals
awarded
% of
Total
CF
PR
Total
University
9
3
12
55
Research
Institutions
2
2
4
18
NGOs
3
3
6
27
Total
14
8
22
100
CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research
Collaboration of Institutions
No. of Proposals
Collabo
% of
Awarded
rations
Total
CF
PR Total
Yes
7
4
11
50
No
7
4
11
50
Total
14
8
22
100
CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research
Total Money Allocated (BDT)
Research
Proposals
No.
Awarded
% o Total
CF
14
93,18,540
26
PR
8
2,58,69,286
74
Total
22
3,51,87,826
100
CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research
Mode of Payment - CF
1. 20% upon signature of the Agreement
2. 35% upon acceptance by FAO of the 3
months technical progress report
3. 35% upon acceptance by FAO of the 6
months progress report
(up to 3 rd instalment-90% - released)
4. 10% upon acceptance by FAO of the
statement of expenditures incurred
and the reports and statement of
accounts supported by bank
statement.
Mode of Payment - PR
1. 20% upon signature of the Agreement
2. 30% upon acceptance by FAO of the 3
months technical progress report
3. 20% upon acceptance by FAO of the 6
months progress report
(up to 3 rd instalment-70% - released)
4. 20% upon acceptance by FAO of the
12 months progress report
5. 10% upon acceptance by FAO of the
statement of expenditures incurred
and statement of accounts supported
by bank statement.
Monitoring of On-Going Research
TWO TAT Members (1- International +
1- National) monitoring each Research
Presented in Workshop, December
2007
Field Visit
Inviting researchers in FPMU discussion
Arranged Seminars for each proposalsparticipated by the FPMU, TRT
members
Second Call for Proposals
2008
Research Topics
Areas
First Call (2007)
Second Call (2008)
Producti • Accessibility of Inputs •Specialization vs.
for Food Production
Diversification in Food
on and
•
Land Use Patterns and Production and the Role of
Availabil
Trade and Trade Policy
their Long Term
Implications for Food
•Accessibility of Inputs for Food
ity
Physical
and
Social
Access
Security
•
Effectiveness of
Extension Services in
Promoting Technology
Adoption
•Involving Communities and
Local Power Structures in
Safety Net Provision
•Best Practices in Food
Distribution Programs
•Storage Facilities: Options
for Remote Areas and Poor
Communities
Production
•Technical Efficiency and
Assessment of Post-Harvest
and Other Losses
•Relief and Food Delivery Processes
in Vulnerable Regions and Seasons
•Targeting Methodologies for Food
Security Safety Net Programs
•Social Access to Food in MongaAffected Areas
Research Topics – Continued..
Areas
First Call (2007)
Second Call (2008)
Economi
c Access
•Self-Employment, Wage
Employment and Income Generation
•Livelihood Patterns and Coping
Strategies of the Ultra-poor,
Including Disadvantaged Groups
•Price Stabilization, Market
Integration and Consumer Welfare
•Livelihood Patterns and Coping
Strategies of the Ultra-poor, Including
Disadvantaged Groups
•Access to Common Property Resources
and Income Generation
•Non-Rice Food Prices and Markets and
Economic Access to a More Diversified
Diet
Utilizati
on and
Nutritio
n
•Food Contamination and Food
Adulteration
•Food Composition Tables with
Special Reference to Indigenous
Foods
•Institutionalization and Capacity
Building of Street Food Systems
•Food Composition Tables With Special
Reference to Indigenous Foods
•Promotion of Functional Foods for
Additional Health Benefits
•Dietary Diversity of the Ultra Poor,
Including the Urban Poor
Crosscutting
& Overarching
•Transparency of Policies and
Accountability of Institutions
Related to Food Security
•Power, Transport, Communication,
Irrigation, Storage
•Long-Term Environmental
Degradation and Food
SecurityIssues in Measurement of
Food Security, Vulnerability and
Poverty
•Issues in Measurement of Food
Security, Vulnerability and Poverty
•The Economic and Social Value of
Nutrition and Food Security
•Disadvantaged Regions, the Disabled,
Elderly, Children and Ethnic Minorities
MoFDM Proposed Research Subjects
Proposed 8 Research subjects:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Developing mechanism for assessing/monitoring private
food grain stock in the country
Desirability and feasibility of reintroducing food stamp
system for low/fixed income families
Feasibility of Public-private partnership in food grain
procurement and storage
Effective use of GIS for early warning purposes and
assessment of crop production
Reviewing the present food grain specification and
developing alternatives set of specification based on
grain quality
Assessing crop wise marketable surplus and probable
marketing trend and timing
Developing a scientific mechanism for determining
“stock-in transit” in food grain handling by the DG-Food
Review of legal framework of food procurement an
distribution and recommendations for more effective
system needed to bolster public procurement.
Will be conducted hiring internal or external expert / TAT members
Second Call for Proposals
• Published in 1- English and 1- Bangla
Newspaper, sent letters, website etc.
• Closed on June 12, 2008
• Received 259 Proposals (329 in 2007)
• 125 PR (177 in 2007) and 108 CF (95
in 2007) and 26 Unclassified (57 in
2007)
• Administrative Screening is going on
The Process of Approval
5
Eliciting
Research
Proposals
RGP
1
4
•Decision on grants
CTA & RGA
• Receive proposals
• Administrative screening
by RGA
• Coordinate TAT scoring
and finalize ranking
3
2
Research:
- contracting
- execution,
- monitoring
- dialog
TAT
• Review &
Scoring
Second Call for Proposals
• Expected to Award winners and
Sign of LoA in possibly in October
~ November 2008
• Introduce Winners in December
2008 workshop – Annual event of
project
Future Opportunities
• Hopeful to Continue the
Competitive Grant in the Phase 2 of
the NFPCSP: start January 1, 2009
• Continue Dialogue on the Research
Results and Suggest Policies for
the Implementation of the National
Food Policy
• For Update Visit Project Web-site
(www.nfpcsp.org).
Thank You Very Much